 Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Telephone: 617-354-0167
E mail: jsuhrbier@camsys.com
Years experience in current field: 42
Position/Title: Principal
EDUCATION: S.M., Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963; S.B., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961
EXPERTISE: Air Quality Conformity/Air Toxics and Environmental Justice
RELATED TOPICS/EXPERIENCES: Mr. Suhrbier has worked throughout his professional experience with state department of transportations (DOT) on the development of transportation projects, plans, and programs that are environmentally friendly. States that he has worked with include Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Colorado, Arizona, and California. He currently is responsible for coordinating the Cambridge Systematics work with AASHTO’s Standing Committee on Environment (NCHRP Project 25-25) and the Standing Committee on Planning (NCHRP Project 8-36).
Much of Mr. Suhrbier’s work has focused on the interrelationships between transportation and air quality, including recent work on fine particulate matter, air toxics, and the impacts of global climate change. These efforts have involved the development of mobile source emissions inventories, the conduct of transportation air quality conformity analyses, the design of demand management programs, development and application of travel demand models to support air quality analyses, air quality monitoring, the application of GIS and other analysis methods, market-based measures, cost-effectiveness analysis, emissions trading, low emission vehicle (LEV) standards, and vehicle inspection and maintenance programs. Recent projects examined the emission reduction benefits associated with regional Brownfield redevelopment policies and evaluated the Southern California MATES-II air toxics project. He has supported important state and Federal legal, regulatory, institutional, and administrative initiatives, including legislative commissions and litigation. He currently is contributing to the design and development of a new National Highway Institute (NHI) training course on freight and the environment, and recently worked on the NHI CMAQ and Transportation Land use courses.
Mr. Suhrbier served as Executive Officer of the Transportation and Community Values project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he assisted states in addressing community and environmental issues associated with the construction of interstate highways in urban areas. Working in cooperation with California, Michigan, and Georgia, this project developed pioneering approaches for public involvement and impact assessment. This work also provided the foundation for the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) response to Section 109(h) enacted by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1970 and that now serves as the basis for Community Impact Assessments.
His current and recent broader environmental project work include development of an inventory of methods used by state DOTs, MPOs, and transit agencies in conducting analyses of environmental justice; environmental justice analyses and policy studies in Indiana, Maryland, and Atlanta, Georgia; evaluation of the potential implications of climate change and an increase in the frequency of severe hurricanes for transportation planning and investment; and an assessment of market-based transportation pricing mechanisms on fuel consumption.
An examination of today’s environmental practices indicates that the objective of transportation agencies is transitioning to one of enhancing environmental and community quality while simultaneously improving economic conditions and achieving desired mobility objectives. Towards this end, Mr. Suhrbier recently participated in an assessment of approaches for incorporating health concerns in transportation plans and projects, and documented the use of environmental performance measurements to support strategic business management decisions of transportation agencies.
Recent Projects, Publications and Accomplishments Include:
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Combining Transportation and Growth Management Strategies to Accomplish Air Quality and Other Objectives of Environmental Sustainability, Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Air and Waste Management Association, New Orleans, LA, June 2006.
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Quantification of Air Quality Emissions Benefits from Regional Brownfield and Infill Development Policies, co-author, report prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, December 2003.
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Estimating the Transportation Contribution to Particulate Matter Pollution, co-author, Phase I report prepared for the U.S. Federal Highway Administration Office of Natural Environment, Washington, D.C., August 2001.
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Technical Methods to Support Analysis of Environmental Justice Issues, co-author, Report prepared for NCHRP Project 8 36 (11), Washington, D.C., April 2002.
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Quantifying Air Quality and Other Benefits and Costs of Transportation Control Measures, co-author, Report 462, prepared for NCHRP Project 8 33, Washington, D.C., 2001.
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A Sampling of Emissions Analysis Techniques for Transportation Control Measures, Final report prepared for the U.S. Federal Highway Administration Office of Natural Environment, Publication FHWA EP 01 017, Washington, D.C., October 2000.
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Analyses of the Future Transportation Environment and the Implications for State DOTs, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Standing Committee on Planning, NCHRP Project 8 36 (12), Washington, D.C., April 2000.
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